Tasmania's National Parks. People who prefer just a few short walks will likely find 2-3 days is enough this time of year. Upcoming featured Tours . For specific regions that may be closed during the wet season, it includes: Jim Jim and Twin Falls Section and East Alligator Region. Flooding is the main pre-determining factor that would change this, and while flash floods do occur. It’s a good place to refuel and get any groceries you need (be prepared for remote area prices). Personally after a day of hiking, it’s better to take a shower, so choose what works with you lifestyle. Throughout the year, Kakadu’s landscapes undergo spectacular changes. You must purchase a park pass for the duration of your visit to the park you can buy them online before you go or at roadhouses on the way. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. And if you ever need help with your booking. My Top 5. in the top end there are two general seasons the ‘wet season’ running from approximately November to April/May and the dry from approximately June to October. While it doesn’t happen often, there is the chance that even main roads may flood during these times cutting of access to and from Darwin and that lightning storms may prevent tours from running – but that’s the risk you take going to see wild Kakadu at its wet season best. The landscape around this region feels so prehistoric you expect to see dinosaurs or mega fauna wandering around. We’d argue that seeing Kakadu in the Wet is almost better than in the dry. Haha, yep, the fishermen are brave and the bats noisy, no doubt about that :-). There are some open gravel roads that become 4wd only during some parts of the wet season (e.g. AAT Kings has lots of 1 day tour options. With a max. The 4km return Nanguluwurr is a much quieter art site (you may have it to yourself this time of year) with a big long gallery of art spanning across thousands of years. It is also be a good base for exploring the western 4WD tracks when they are open in the drier months. As previously mentioned the rest of the walks to waterfalls and billabongs are generally closed in the wet season. The wet season is generally considered a less than ideal time to visit Kakadu National Park. The wet season walks that are seasonally open are predominantly in the Yurmikmik area. It’s the first campground on the right on the way into Mardugal Camp area. Read about why I have no photos of Gunlom here. 7.45pm Arrive back in Darwin (with some rest breaks along the way). The Indigenous people in the park recognise 6 more distinct season which you can learn about in the cultural centre. Ubirr wet season access – restricted area in Kakadu National Park Kakadu National Park is a Commonwealth reserve established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) to manage the environment of the region for the benefit of all people, present and future. You will find them along creeks and rivers on cruises and walks and even playing in puddles on the road. But man, were those people wrong. As a non-resident of the Northern Territory, I found it difficult to determine how safe it is it visiting Kakadu National Park during the wet season. In the wet season water is far more abundant and floodplains fill up, vegetation is green and lush, water pounds over waterfalls (most are only viewed from the air until the waterfalls open late in wet season/early dry season) and wildlife will spread out across the vast areas of the park as they take advantage of abundant resources. Kakadu is a different park in each season and even changes over the course of just a few weeks, with area’s flooding or drying out, flowers blooming and disappearing and new birds arriving. A quick detour off the hwy the Bukbukluk Lookout is a short walk with views out over the south west of Kakadu.